Peterloo

Name: Peterloo
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2018-11-01
Duration: 2 h 35 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan

Peterloo (2018)

Timing: 2:35 (155 min)

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Video for the film Peterloo — Official Trailer

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Release date

2018-11-01

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Lipsync Productions, Film4 Productions, BFI, Thin Man Films

Genre

History, Drama

Budget

$18 000 000

Box office

$2 153 029

Website

https://www.peterloo.movie

Director

Mike Leigh

Actors

Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Pearce Quigley, David Moorst, Rachel Finnegan, Tom Meredith, Simona Bitmate, Robert Wilfort, Karl Johnson, Sam Troughton
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Mike Leigh

Producer

Georgina Lowe, Lizzie Francke, Gail Egan, Peter Hampden, Norman Merry, Daniel Battsek, Sue Bruce-Smith

Camera operator

Dick Pope

Composer

Gary Yershon

Artist

Suzie Davies

Audition

Editing

Jon Gregory
Whole Team (83)

Short description

An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.

What's left behind the scenes

The Manchester Massacre (in English-speaking countries, more commonly known as the Peterloo Massacre) was a clash on August 16, 1819, in St. Peter's Square in Manchester between unarmed civilians and orator Henry Hunt and the police and hussars following a peaceful rally demanding universal suffrage.
The film was released on the bicentennial of the Peterloo Massacre (a clash between civilians and an orator with police and hussars after a rally demanding universal suffrage, resulting in 11 deaths and 400 to 700 injuries).
In reality, there were 200 extras, so 90% of the crowd at the rally appeared in St. Peter's Square in Manchester thanks to computer technology. This episode was filmed in Tilbury, London, with many buildings added to the shot using computer-generated imagery.